EarthSong

EarthSongEarthSong spontaneously arrived while I was clearing an invasive "burning bush" from our property. All of the top widespread branches were cut and pulled away. Nine trunks remained.  I was now ready to cut each to the ground. But one of the trunks caught my attention. I saw a standing figure and immediately started roughing out the form with the chainsaw. The emerging form, still rooted, lived this way for several months. I occasionally walked by this Rooted Being and stopped when there was a conversation to be had. We talked about gardens and all the bird nests it held in its arms for many decades.  We talked about the dark starred-filled night skies, the different strengths of the Wind, and what it felt like to feel Spring softening the frozen earth around its roots. And then I saw the Entity that wanted to live on.  I cut the figure at ground level and brought it into the studio, where it became its complete wood self. This bronze version is the first of an edition of eight.  EarthSong would love to once again live in a Garden. Size: 7”W x 29”H x 5"DMedium: BronzePrice: $64001st Edtion of 8. (The first edition has a beautiful Bluestone base shaped by the artist.)Purchase through Harbor Square Gallery

EarthSong

EarthSong spontaneously arrived while I was clearing an invasive "burning bush" from our property. All of the top widespread branches were cut and pulled away. Nine trunks remained.  I was now ready to cut each to the ground. But one of the trunks caught my attention. I saw a standing figure and immediately started roughing out the form with the chainsaw. The emerging form, still rooted, lived this way for several months. I occasionally walked by this Rooted Being and stopped when there was a conversation to be had. We talked about gardens and all the bird nests it held in its arms for many decades.  We talked about the dark starred-filled night skies, the different strengths of the Wind, and what it felt like to feel Spring softening the frozen earth around its roots. And then I saw the Entity that wanted to live on.  I cut the figure at ground level and brought it into the studio, where it became its complete wood self. This bronze version is the first of an edition of eight.  EarthSong would love to once again live in a Garden. 

Size: 7”W x 29”H x 5"D

Medium: Bronze

Price: $6400

1st Edtion of 8. (The first edition has a beautiful Bluestone base shaped by the artist.)

EarthSong can be seen at the Flat Iron Coffee Bar. 594 Congress Street, Portland, Maine.

With this backside view, one can get the sense of the Earth rising into the Sky.

Backside view.

“Out of the earth / I sing for them, / A Horse nation / I sing for them, / The animals / I sing for them.” From: Out of the Earth I Sing. Poetry and Songs of Primitive Peoples of the World. Edited by Richard Lewis. Teton Sioux (North America)

I rise from the Earth / each morning I sing / to the sky and birds / each afternoon I bathe in the Sun’s rays / when evening comes I speak / wind, water, insects and dusk / a word of thanks to their lives / stars then fall upon me and I rest. -Clara Cohan

“When I was young / every day was as a beginning / of some new thing, / and every evening ended / with the glow of the next day’s dawn.” From: Out of the Earth I Sing. Poetry and Songs of Primitive Peoples of the World. Edited by Richard Lewis. Inuit (North America)

“When I was young / every day was as a beginning / of some new thing, / and every evening ended / with the glow of the next day’s dawn.” From: Out of the Earth I Sing. Poetry and Songs of Primitive Peoples of the World. Edited by Richard Lewis.

Inuit (North America)

Detail of the patina on the hand, with its bold planes displaying strength.

Detail of the patina on the hand, with its bold planes displaying strength.

The lower portion of EarthSong has rich, mingling patterns of browns, and bronzes.

The lower portion of EarthSong has rich, mingling patterns of browns, and bronzes.